After years of discussion and planning, the Norfolk Southern Rail Company will oversee the clean-up of a brownfield (contaminated property) site in Elmira. It's expected the cleanup will begin sometim
an fbi agent says marc muffley admitted to stashing explosive powder uses and a lighter into his checked luggage. prosecutors say muffley called his girl friend to pick him up when he heard his name over the loudspeaker. any three also allegedly changed his phone number to avoid being tracked. he is now being held without bail. tonight, residents in east palestine, ohio, will finally get their chance to confront representatives from the norfolk southern rail company at a town hall. meanwhile, the epa is ordering the rail company to expand its testing to include chemicals that stay in the environment longer. residents are still worried about their health. one month after the accident. cbs's roxana saberi has new details. >> reporter: when the train derailed in east palestine, eric whiting filmed with his drone from home, just a quarter of a mile away. now, nearly a month later, he still fears the contamination will harm his kids' health, but he does not have the means to move away. >> this isn't a chemical disaster in a town that you
they have made promises. my job, and i talked to republican congressman bill johnson, i was there with him. we are working together with him to make sure that norfolk southern lives up to everything it needs to do it's way more than $1,000 check per person. >> the people in small plains, georgia, many others around the world are praying for former president jimmy carter as he receives hospice care at home. on sunday, the church where carter taught sunday school for decades, praying for his family. in georgia. >> reporter: we know with an official president biden has been in close contact with the carter family. he's been informed of carter's declining health and his decision to undergo hospice care. now, we're hearing directly from president biden via tweet, he put out a statement saying to our friends joe and rose lynne and the family, we send our
>> norfolk southern has promised to give $1,000 payments to affected residents. earlier the company's ceo defended the decision to detonate tanks carrying toxic chemicals. >> i think we did what we needed to do in order to prevent an uncontrolled explosion in the evening. private well testing, we need to continue to monitor and test the wells and wait for those test results to come back. >> meantime, the ohio senator share rod brown says that the air and water in east palestine are safe but understands residents' concerns. he vows to hold the rail company accountable. >> they have a right to be skeptical. the epa administrator when i was there, both the state and the federal epa, administrators said that, but when you return to your home, we think the water is safe. but when you return to your home you should be tested again for your water and soil and air, not to mention those that have their own wells.
these u.s./south korea military drills continue. now, they will continue, in fact, this week, we know at the pentagon there is going to be a nuclear desktop -- tabletop, excuse me, drill from the u.s. and south korea. this is likely to warrant some kind of response from north korea. and then next month, here on the korean peninsula there will be a significant joint military drill for about 11 days. the springtime exercises between the u.s. and south korea which historically have come up with some kind of response from north korea as well. so, really, in the coming days and weeks and months, we're not expecting any kind of change, or any kind of pullback from the tension that we're seeing, max and bianca. >> okay, paula in seoul. thank you. in the u.s. transportation secretary pete buttigieg is calling for accountability from the norfolk southern rail company, demanding stronger rail safety measure, after a train carrying hazardous material derailed in ohio two weeks ago. >> the state's health department
it really comes down to being able to measure those and understand what's in the environment. and i really want to stress, it's probably most important to know what's in people's homes. what from that accident may have gotten into people's homes or into the soil that people track into their homes? with saul small children, i would always be worried about what they're getting into and their potential exposures. because ultimately, they are some of the more vulnerable people to be exposed to chemicals. as an environmental engineer and scientist who measures these types of chemicals, i think i personally would want to not come back. and honestly, it sounds like the bill for hotels is being footed by norfolk southern. if that's the case, i would maybe want to extend that, that time away from the area, until i
visited the site where that train carrying hazardous materials derailed more than two weeks ago. polo sandoval has more. >> reporter: norfolk southern is the rail company that the u.s. epa says will be held accountable because of its role in this disaster. the company for its part on saturday tweeting a reminder that they said that they would not be walking away from the situation. in fact on saturday also tweeting a link to an air testing service for businesses and homes in the area free of charge and also saying that they will be in it for the long hall. but still this is doing little to assure many of the residents of east palestine including some that have reported some symptoms like sore lthroats, nausea, headaches, worried that they could be linked to the chemicals that were leaked. even after authorities said that